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Bellbrae artist Deidre Carmichael is using a unique and beautiful form of activism to raise awareness about the affect of plastic on the environment.<\/p>\n

About two years ago Ms Carmichael began her Plastic Catch project, which she says was born from her fears about the planet\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI became very concerned about all the plastics that are in our environment, especially what\u2019s going into our oceans. So, I began doing a series of paintings using single-use plastic as still-life paintings,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was doing them in the style of the old Dutch masters but instead of a vase of flowers, I\u2019d be painting Coke bottles and things like that. Then I decided to target the little sushi soy-sauce fish because being a fish and the plastic in the ocean, there\u2019s an interesting synergy there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I just paint these little fish and leave the paintings in public places for people to find and keep, and I have a little spiel with the paintings about the problems these soy fish create, just to raise awareness about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Ms Carmichael began the project, she left paintings outside sushi stores, however, her paintings quickly went missing. The talented artist then decided to leave her work at public places across the region including the Geelong Botanic Gardens, outside Quiksilver in Torquay, at the Geelong train station, and created a Facebook page where people can post about the paintings they have adopted.<\/p>\n

She said feedback had been encouraging.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have been really positive, and they will say \u2018we had no idea,\u2019 or \u2018we\u2019re going to treasure the painting as a reminder to avoid single-use plastic\u2019. Generally, it\u2019s been really positive, in fact, I\u2019ve never had any negative response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Carmichael also ensures the materials she uses are consistent with her message.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is biodegradable, because in a way I\u2019m littering, which is an interesting side to it. But it\u2019s a canvas and it\u2019s mounted on a piece of cardboard from an old box, so if it ended in a drain or something it would just rot down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biodiversity is the focus of much of Ms Carmichael\u2019s art even beyond the Plastic Catch project.<\/p>\n

Her self-portrait, \u201cOur Addiction to Convenience\u201d, which showed her surrounded by single-use plastics was a semi-finalist in The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2019.<\/p>\n

Ms Carmichael was also a finalist in the 2019 Blacktown City Art Prize for her painting \u201cArtefacts of the Anthropocene\u201d. The painting was a Baroque style painting showing a collection of plastics on a wooden table.<\/p>\n

The Blacktown City Council was so impressed with the painting and its message they ended up acquiring it.<\/p>\n

But Ms Carmichael said her passion for protecting and preserving the environment has only recently intersected with her art.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was studying at Deakin, doing a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and they really pushed you to find something you were passionate about to express in your art, that\u2019s where I started the environmental focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

To follow the Plastic Catch project, head to facebook.com\/plasticcatch\/?ref=page_internal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bellbrae artist Deidre Carmichael is using a unique and beautiful form of activism to raise awareness about the affect of plastic on the environment. About two years ago Ms Carmichael began her Plastic Catch project, which she says was born from her fears about the planet\u2019s future. \u201cI became very concerned about all the plastics […]<\/p>\n

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